Throwing Large.

By:

Collins, Nic

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: A&C Black: 2011.Description: 112p. 23cmISBN:

1408116286
9781408116289

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

738.1 COL

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	738.1 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Missing		39002000187204

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Throwing large work is a challenging area and takes a differentapproach to throwing normal ware. This book looks at throwingpurely from the perspective of making very large work. It assumes thereader can already throw, but different techniques are needed whenmaking large work because of all the added problems - it can buckleduring making, collapse if not moved to the kiln safely and warp in thefiring. Not to mention that the techniques needed to physicallythrow much larger work are very different. This book looks at allof this, offering clear guidance on how to make work successfully,covering the various techniques used, (such as throwing on coils andthrowing in sections, or blow-torching work before continuing to throw)as well as how to avoiddisastrous pitfalls. Although we do have bits of information in otherbooks, this would be a handy guide collecting all the relevantmaterial. The handbook we already have called Large-scale Ceramics focuses on handbuilding.

Includes bibliographic references

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Nic Collins is a very well-known wood firer who has been makinglarge-scale work for many years. He has a very high profile in theceramic world and demonstrates at many of the big exhibitions such asRufford and Aberystwyth. He runs his own kiln building andthrowing-large workshops.